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Many terms are used to refer to people who salvage recyclables from the waste stream for sale or personal consumption. In English, these terms include rag picker, reclaimer, informal resource recoverer, binner, recycler, poacher, salvager, scavenger, and waste picker; in Spanish cartonero, chatarrero, pepenador, clasificador, minador and reciclador; and in Portuguese catador de materiais ...
A lounge chair using reclaimed wood. Reclaimed lumber is processed wood retrieved from its original application for purposes of subsequent use. Most reclaimed lumber comes from timbers and decking rescued from old barns, factories and warehouses, although some companies use wood from less traditional structures such as boxcars, coal mines and wine barrels.
United Grocery Outlet, also branded as Bargain Barn Inc. and GO: Grocery Outlet, [1] is a regional discount supermarket chain based in Athens, Tennessee. In addition to its 24 locations in Tennessee, it has stores in Western North Carolina (9), Georgia (4), Kentucky (1), Virginia (1) and Alabama (1).
The physical properties of any material are determined by its chemical structure. Wood contains an abundance of chemical groups called free hydroxyls. Free hydroxyl groups readily absorb and release water according to changes in the climatic conditions to which they are exposed. This is the main reason why wood's dimensional stability is ...
Zero waste promotes a circular material flow that allows materials to be used over and over, reducing the need for landfill space. [10] Through zero waste the number of toxins released into the air and water would be decreased and products examined to determine what chemicals are used in the production process. Health issues related to landfills:
Ralph Joslin barn [60] 1910 E. Warren Rd: Waitsfield, Vermont: 12-sided barn built 1910, restored 1990, at Green Mountain Cultural Center [60] Farm had been in one family seven generations. [61] An "Inn at the Round Barn Farm" is there.
The Arcadia Round Barn is a landmark and tourist attraction on historic U.S. Route 66 in Arcadia, Oklahoma, United States.It was built by local farmer William Harrison Odor in 1898 using native bur oak boards soaked while green and forced into the curves needed for the walls and roof rafters.
George Obendorf Gothic Arch Truss Barn, built from Sears Roebuck parts, in Idaho. A Gothic-arched roof barn or Gothic-arch barn or Gothic barn or rainbow arch [1] is a barn whose profile is in the ogival shape of a Gothic arch. These became economically feasible when arch members could be formed by a lamination process.